# Botticelli - Aug 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 31, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035 "2026-07-31T01:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/1 "2026-07-31T01:10:44Z")
I am **P**. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/2 "2026-07-31T02:11:23Z")
Rules are [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVLOdq6IptN1UPXz3Tu9WAVrnQPyWSZ65Tqr5TS4L40/edit?tab=t.0). IQs: 1. Is a length named after you? 2. Did you and Nicole Ritchie try out _The Simple Life_? 3. Do you play Sinon in the current film version of _The Odyssey_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/3 "2026-07-31T02:49:46Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is a length named after you? > 2. Did you and Nicole Ritchie try out _The Simple Life_? > 3. Do you play Sinon in the current film version of _The Odyssey_? Not Planck DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/4 "2026-07-31T03:14:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Planck > DQ > DQ 2 was Paris Hilton; 3 was Elliot Page. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with P? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/5 "2026-07-31T04:56:13Z")
I gotta P! IQs: 1. Were you a TV comedian who was also a perennial presidential candidate? 2. Are you a comic who’s father died on 9/11? 3. Did you run the Chock’lit Shoppe? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/6 "2026-07-31T12:01:08Z")
1 did you star in _Vanilla Sky_? 2. Are you Lady Whistledown? 3. Did you spend a lot of time weaving by day and unweaving by night? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/7 "2026-07-31T13:39:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _They Live_? 2. Does your triangle begin with a 1, at the top, then each number in the successive rows is the sum of the two numbers above it, like this: [![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LH5vimYVrei3iDU2sgDM2G.jpg) ](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LH5vimYVrei3iDU2sgDM2G.jpg) and so on? 3. Are you a substitute Spanish teacher, Boggle champ, and main female character on _King of the Hill_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/8 "2026-07-31T17:36:23Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a TV comedian who was also a perennial presidential candidate? > 2. Are you a comic who’s father died on 9/11? > 3. Did you run the Chock’lit Shoppe? Not Pat Paulsen DQ Not Pop > [@Eureka](#): > > 1 did you star in _Vanilla Sky_? > 2. Are you Lady Whistledown? > 3. Did you spend a lot of time weaving by day and unweaving by night? DQ DQ Not Penelope > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _They Live_? > 2. Does your triangle begin with a 1, at the top, then each number in the successive rows is the sum of the two numbers above it, like this: > > . . . > > and so on? > 3. Are you a substitute Spanish teacher, Boggle champ, and main female character on _King of the Hill_? DQ x3! (Alignment messed up because of inability to post a media item, even though I’m quoting a previous post, not posting it myself.) **P** 1. fictional 2. Only known name starts with P ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/9 "2026-07-31T18:09:00Z")
1. Penelope Cruz 2. Penelope Featherington (Bridgerton) 3. Penelope, correct Penelope X3! DQ#1; male? D@#2: human? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/10 "2026-07-31T18:11:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3! 1 (_They Live_) was Rowdy Roddy Piper; 2 (triangle) was Blaise Pascal; 3 (_King of the Hill_) was Peggy Hill. Incidentally, I had a setup like this to do the triangle… ` 1` ` 1 1` ` 1 2 1` ` 1 3 3 1` `1 4 6 4 1` …but then the formatting got messed up when I tried quoting it, so I went for the picture. DQs: 1. from prose? 2. main character? 3. created by American(s)? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/11 "2026-07-31T18:31:53Z")
**P** 1. fictional 2. only name starts with P 3. male 4. human 5. not originally from prose, but has appeared in novels 6. main character 7. created by American(s) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/12 "2026-07-31T18:34:01Z")
Last month’s thread: [Botticelli – July 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301) To P or not to P… IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? Did you found a woolens company in Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/13 "2026-07-31T18:39:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? > Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? > Did you found a woolens company in Oregon? Not Pemberton DQ DQ (If you mean Pendleton, that wasn’t the founder’s name.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/14 "2026-07-31T18:45:56Z")
Correct, Det. Pembleton and yes, Pendleton (or so I thought it was). Pe…ton x3! DQ: Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Were you Achilles’s cousin and perhaps lover? Were you one of King Arthur’s knights and often sought the Questing Beast? Were you chief engineer of the USCSS _Nostromo_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/15 "2026-07-31T19:00:10Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Second Doctor? 2. Are you George, Louis, and Charlotte’s aunt? 3. Were you a Discworld character? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/16 "2026-08-01T02:43:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Achilles’s cousin and perhaps lover? > Were you one of King Arthur’s knights and often sought the Questing Beast? > Were you chief engineer of the USCSS _Nostromo_? Not Patroclus. DQ DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you the Second Doctor? > 2. Are you George, Louis, and Charlotte’s aunt? > 3. Were you a Discworld character? DQ Not Philippa “Pippa” Middleton DQ **P** 1. fictional 2. only name starts with P 3. male 4. human 5. not originally from prose, but has appeared in novels 6. main character 7. created by American(s) 8. would probably not be alive today, if real ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/17 "2026-08-01T03:06:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the mascot for the “South of the Border” tourist trap in South Carolina? 2. Were you a Gryffindor prefect (and later, Head Boy)? 3. Did you win 268 games without ever giving up a grand slam home run? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/18 "2026-08-01T03:09:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you a TV comedian who was also a perennial presidential candidate? > > 2. Are you a comic who’s father died on 9/11? > > 3. Did you run the Chock’lit Shoppe? > > Not Pat Paulsen > DQ > Not Pop Correct Pete Davidson Correct DQ: From fantasy or sci/fi genre? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/19 "2026-08-01T03:12:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you circumvent the globe in a remarkably quick time? 2. Did you accompany the above person? 3. Are you a particularly lovable and noxious character? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/20 "2026-08-01T03:30:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you the Second Doctor? > 2. Are you George, Louis, and Charlotte’s aunt? > 3. Were you a Discworld character? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > Not Philippa “Pippa” Middleton > DQ 1 was Patrick Troughton; 3 was Ponder Stibbons. DQs: 1. originally from movies/TV? 2. created after 1960? IQs: 1. Did you create Discworld? 2. Did you invent the microwave oven, after you noticed a candy bar had melted in your pocket when you were near a radar set? 3. Did Minnie Driver voice you in a 1999 Disney movie/literary adaptation? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=2)